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My god, I'd heard that Android support over time was not great, but 3 years? That's really, really short. I'm a gadget nut, so for a long time I got a new phon
by ubermonkey 5y ago
My god, I'd heard that Android support over time was not great, but 3 years? That's really, really short.
I'm a gadget nut, so for a long time I got a new phone every 18-24 months -- and for most of that time, the year over year gains on phones were sufficient to justify the upgrade, at least for some users.
But we're in a more mature market now. YoY updates on phones are pretty incremental. I kept my iPhone 8 for about 3 years before handing it off to my wife (who, lest you think me a jerk, absolutely DID NOT WANT to spend the money on a new phone for her), who then used it for almost 2 more years.
The phone I replaced it with is an 11Pro. I expect to get AT LEAST 3 years out of it. (What finally tempted me out of the 8 was the camera, which I assume is a common story no matter which kind of phone you like -- they got a LOT better between 2016 and 2019.)
Pixels are high-end Android handsets, right? I would have assumed that they'd have similar useful lives; I don't blame Android folks for being up in arms, because sunsetting a 3 year old handset is just BANANAS.
- Markoff 5y agono, Pixels are not high end Android phones, upper midrangers at best usually, nowhere close to Samsung/Xiaomi high end, heck they even use years old cameras without upgrade
- ubermonkey 5y agoI guess given Google's position within the Android world I expected their phones to be upper-end. Thanks for the correction. Does Samsung provide a longer support life?
- Markoff 5y ago4 years software, 5 years security, but I think it was definitely less at least for software, they just improved it https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-galaxy-4-year-software-update-policy-explains/ https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-galaxy-4-year-softwar...